We celebrate how God leads our church family through a two-year commitment that helps build needed space for a growing community. We also look ahead to what comes next and why giving and discipleship keep shaping us long after a building opens.
• celebrating Pat Demetru’s steady service, prayer, and care for others
• explaining the Let’s Go campaign as a spirit-led step to build space for growth
• sharing the one fund approach and the two-year commitment process
• naming the deeper win as spiritual growth through sacrificial giving
• outlining Sunday’s celebration and the fellowship meal as a picture of unity
• reinforcing that the mission stays the same and faithfulness continues

We explain why we adopt the Church Center app and how it solves real communication gaps for both longtime members and brand-new visitors. We share practical features, biblical reasons for choosing what benefits others, and how one simple tool can strengthen unity across generations.

• member shout-out for Bertha Ninham and her shut-in ministry
• the challenge of keeping everyone informed across email, bulletins, announcements, and social media
• why new people can feel left out when groups rely on existing relationships
• how the Church Center app centralizes the Sunday bulletin, campus map, giving, and church calendar
• community groups features like joining, calendars, chat, prayer requests, and simple coordination
• using freedom to serve others through technology with Matthew 7:12 and 1 Corinthians 10:23-24
• resources and sign-ups through the app, including weekly prompts and family table talk
• the reminder that the app is a tool, not a requirement for active membership

We show why the goal of our Christian walk is not to “reach” Jesus but to look more like Him, and we ground that in John 1 where Jesus is revealed as the Word. We share simple, repeatable ways to read Scripture daily and learn to spot God’s character across every book, even the hard ones.

• Member shout-out focused on ministers’ spouses and the unseen ways they serve
• John 1:1 and John 1:14 and why Jesus is the Word
• Reframing “getting closer to Christ” as becoming more like Christ
• Finding Jesus across Genesis to Revelation, including Leviticus
• The Bible Recap as a daily plan and the “God shot” lens
• Multiple ways to read Scripture: audio listening, deep study with notes, and praying the text